WORD LISTSDianne Feinstein (1933–2023) Tribute ListSat Sep 30 12:08:14 EDT 2023
By Vocabulary.com (NY)
 Dianne Feinstein – American, Democratic, bipartisan, and moderate politician – became the first female mayor of San Francisco (1978–1988), the first California female U.S. senator, the longest-serving U.S. senator from California, and the longest-tenured female U.S. senator in history (1992–2023). The 1978 assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk led to the beginning of Feinstein's national political career as mayor of San Francisco. Her six-decade-long career built a significant record of legislative achievements across a wide range of issues, which include: authoring the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, mentoring many other female politicians, and helping to improve civil rights, gun control, automobile fuel efficiency, gay rights, national and state parks, AMBER Alert System, drug trafficking, cybersecurity, sex abuse and trafficking, immigration, national security, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food safety, as well as combating wildfires and drought. This tribute highlights Feinstein's illustrious political career through quotes and biographical information.
  
senator
As California's senior Senator and the longest-serving woman senator ever, Dianne Feinstein has built a reputation as an independent voice, working hard to find common sense solutions to problems facing California and the nation.
– Feinstein biography
centrist
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died.
– AP News
champion
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate from California in 1992 in a wave election known as "the Year of the Woman" and went on to champion gun control, has died at her home in Washington, D.C.
– NPR
bipartisan
Senator Feinstein led a bipartisan group of senators in passing legislation to drastically increase the fuel efficiency of cars.
– Feinstein biography
poise
In San Francisco, she showed enormous poise and courage in the wake of tragedy, and became a powerful voice for American values.
– White House.gov
advocate
She also continues to advocate for common sense gun laws.
– Feinstein biography
passionate
Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state—including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control—but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.
– AP News
pragmatic
Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state—including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control—but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.
– AP News
indomitable
"For decades, Senator Feinstein was a pillar of public service in California: from San Francisco's City Hall to the United States Capitol. Her indomitable, indefatigable leadership made a magnificent difference for our national security and personal safety, the health of our people and our planet, and the strength of our Democracy," Pelosi said in a statement.
– Politico
indefatigable
"For decades, Senator Feinstein was a pillar of public service in California: from San Francisco's City Hall to the United States Capitol. Her indomitable, indefatigable leadership made a magnificent difference for our national security and personal safety, the health of our people and our planet, and the strength of our Democracy," Pelosi said in a statement.
– Politico
trailblazer
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer in U.S. politics and the longest-serving woman in the Senate, dies at 90.
– NBC News
pioneer
The senator was hailed by her colleagues as a pioneering woman in politics. The first woman to serve as the mayor of San Francisco, she went on to become the longest-serving woman in the Senate, a job she described to friends and colleagues as a "calling."
– The New York Times
mentor
Often the only woman in the room, Dianne was a role model for so many Americans—a job she took seriously by mentoring countless public servants, many of whom now serve in my Administration.
– White House.gov
infrastructure
She helped create the nationwide AMBER Alert network, passed bills to criminalize border drug tunnels and has long focused on improving California's water infrastructure and reducing the threat of wildfires.
– Feinstein biography
tenacious
At 90, she was a tenacious trailblazer, and a stalwart centrist—with a sweeping political career that arced across immense transformations in Washington DC and her home state of California.
– The Guardian
stalwart
At 90, she was a tenacious trailblazer, and a stalwart centrist—with a sweeping political career that arced across immense transformations in Washington DC and her home state of California.
– The Guardian
compassionate
"She was smart. She was strong. She was brave," he [Senator Chuck Schumer] added. "She was compassionate, but maybe the trait that stood out most of all was her amazing integrity—her integrity was a diamond."
– NBC News |
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